President hails New Zealand education, seeks cooperation

President Nguyen Minh Triet praised the New Zealand education system at a meeting with that country’s Education Minister Chris Carter in Hanoi Tuesday, and called for boosting bilateral cooperation in this field. Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet (R) receives Education Minister of New Zealand, Chris Carter, at presidential palace in Hanoi He hailed the recent development of bilateral ties in fields like economics, trade, education, culture and environmental protection. He believed that Carter’s visit would lead to closer ties, especially in education and training. Carter recalled Triet’s visit New Zealand last September as landmark in friendship between the two countries. He realized that Vietnamese leaders paid close attention to cooperation with New Zealand in the field of education, he said. He apprised Triet of an agreement reached during his discussions with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thien Nhan to focus on English language training for Vietnamese teachers and vocational training and post-graduate education for Vietnamese students. “New Zealand is willing to send language experts to Vietnam to help train English teachers,” he said. Source: VNA